Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-01

looked for. At Camp Washita,
ArbuCkle mountain, an island has
been blasted out to change the channel of
| the river and large force Of men with
two steam drills has been at work night
and day. A fine sulphur spring, said to
be equal to Lampasas springs, has been
found at Camp Washita, and it is
said that drinking this water has
kept the men in good health while
| engaged in their srduous work.
Vast quantities of dynamite and powder
have been used in blasting, and the blow
! ing up of the island mentioned Is said to
have been a superb sight. Great praise
and credit is due Jones & Carey and
their CoIabOrers for the push and
energy displayed in the determination to
reach the Canadian on time. Trains load
ed with material are being sent to the
front daily, the track laying force is being
augmented as the work progresses and
that no delay in putting down steel may
occur, pile drivers are being sent
miles ahead to cover all
openings. a heavy force of masons is at
work at the Washita on the foundations
Of the stone piers for the bridge to span
the stream, which will be similar to the
fine structure over Red river. Colonel
Jones is on the field pushing construction
and seeing that nothing is left undone.
When the west bound Texas and Pacific |
drew up to the Union depot last night |
three gentlemen with the appearance of |
well-to-do men of business, alighted and |
Inquired for we'll known citizens office.
They were driven to the place in
q hack and the gentleman found.
The gentlemen Introduced them
selves as Messrs. Vanderbilt,
Huntington and Strong and SAID they
would like to have private conference.
A reporter, who had been standing near,
saw the quartette disappear into an
inner room with feelings Of disgust,
but soon found that an old Brown
telephone had been left in the room
where he stood, and while lingering this
g happy idea struck him. Running along
the length of the ceiling was gas pipe,
and this pipe passed into the room
where the gentlemen were speaking
The wire attached to the phone
was fastened around the gas pipe and the
placed to the reporters ear, and
IN 8 second the voices Of each man
could be heard distinctly. Mr..
Vanderbilt ssid: "COlOnel -,
we have come to look after our
interests ana the interests OF the people
of your city. Messrs. Huntington,
Strong and myself have long been dis
GUESSING the establishment of head
quarters in Texas, which we
see is certain to become az
empire to itself. We have had our agents
out, they have reported, and we have Sc
Iected Fort Worth. This decision
reached. we took the first train and
came down to close up matters"
Mr. Strong said, sour road will be run
ming through to the north in few days,
and then the Southern Kansas of Texas
will begin work on the Fort Worth line.
After that the Atchison proposes to build
three other lines centering here and
covering territory not reached, and for ..
this reason we are in a hurry to
close matters. Mr.. Huntington next
spoke: ave desire to build that new
Orleans Air Line at once and also an air
line from Fort Worth to St. Louis, be-
sides this we propose to bring deep water !
to Fort Worth and make it q great
port" This was enough and the
reporter left to put his information {
IN type. 1t is understood that the gen :
5Iemen are still in the city, registered at
one of the hotels under date April l. The
of the Brown no battery tele
phone cannot be questioned.